Ceasefire Of Senses (under editing)

c h a p t e r t h i r t y

A/N: Before you start this chapter, I would just like to say that writing this book has been a long ride. I've been writing this for more than a year and I've finally reached the end. Most of all, I've loved writing for all of you (I sincerely hope) who loved reading it too.

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Song: Wow(Remix) by Zara Larson ft Sabrina Carpenter

"Wait a second." Kriti said. "Tell me everything from the beginning. Not a single detail should be left out."

"She just said everything right now. You want to hear it again?" Rishi said staring at her.

Presently, Aarav, Sam, Naina and I were sitting in our living room, trying to talk to Rishi and Kriti about everything that had happened in the past week, keyword being, 'trying'.

"Okay fine. Let me think if I got all of it. So, you guys had a fight, again. And then you made up. And then you hooked up."

"Do you seriously have to put it that way, Kritz?" Sam said.

"Yup." She nodded her head. "And let me continue."

"I told you not to call her." Sam said which earned him a slap behind the head from me.

"Abe Oye! Chup." Kriti said. "You just wait until everything clears up. I'll catch the first flight to India just to smack you in the head."

He made a weird face at her which I don't know how to translate.

"And now you want a live-in relationship for atleast a year." Rishi continued.

"She does. Not me. If it was up to me, I would drag her to court to get our marriage registered this minute." Sam said.

"Why are you so desperate to get married?" I exclaimed.

"Why do you not want to?" Sam said. "Logically speaking..."

"Oh! So you have logic now, do you?" I said, sarcastically.

"I'm the one from the broken family. I'm the one who shouldn't want to get married!" He said.

"Wow. Sam, you're reading too many Wattpad novels and watching too many chic-flicks." Aarav said.

"Sam's kinda right. Most of my patients whose parents got divorced or passed away when they were young, have commitment issues." Kriti said.

"See. I've been saying this since I was 16. I don't want to get married now. I've been a rebellious human since teen hormones hit me when I was 13. I've been following labels since I was born. Marriage is just another label."

"Okay okay, Aloo. Wait. You don't want to get married, right?" Sam said turning towards me. "So let's not."

"But I thought you wanted to get married as soon as possible." Naina asked, puzzled.

"Let me finish. I have a condition. You have to move to New York with me." Sam said.

"Fuck. Not again. I can't handle another argument." Aarav sighed.

"Kritz, Rishi, we'll get back to you in the evening." Naina said. "You really don't want to see this."

"Just leave me alone for a while." I said.

I walked up to my room and shut myself inside.

Around 15 minutes later I heard Sam's voice outside.

"Aloo, please open the door. We need to talk. I'm sorry. I dropped a bomb on you. Please open the door. I'm sorry."

I walked up to the door and opened it.

"You don't need to apologise. You didn't do anything wrong. I just needed to think." I said. "Also, I didn't want to start another argument."

"Tired of them?" He asked, smiling as he sat on my bed.

I nodded my head.

He pulled me to his lap and wrapped his hands around my waist as his chin rested on my shoulder.

I turned around and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

"What was that for?" He said, surprised.

"I just wanted to do it."

"So, does that mean, we're moving to New York?" He asked, his eyes filled with brightness.

"I need you to listen to me carefully. Okay?" I said standing up.

"Okay."

"I would love to move to New York with you."

"So let's go." Sam said.

"Sam, I need you to listen. Please. If you remember, all I ever wanted since I was maybe 10, was to move to US or UK. I was never fond of the people of this country. Especially Kolkata. That is why I moved to Bangalore and then Mumbai. Later I realised that it wasn't just Kolkata. It was everywhere. People would always judge me based on my looks, clothes and basically everything else. 4 years ago, I was very lucky to get that internship as a writer for a YouTube web series because of the unexpected success of a novel which I had written merely for passing time during college. And Rosewood's Princess had just released back then."

"I know that Aloo. But if all you've wanted is to move to US, why don't you want to now?"

"Believe me, I want to. I would love to move, but the problem is that I can't leave everything. I have these two shows which I dedicated my life to. I'm this close to fulfilling my dream of showing my story to the world. Our story. The four of us have been through so much but still stuck together. I need to show the world that. Because people need strong friendships these days. That's the only thing that makes them happy. And maybe, just maybe, our story will be a small help."

"Wow. I'm amazed. I never knew that you could change our story from something so simple to something that meaningful. I mean, I never knew our story was so meaningful." Sam said.

"Well, a writer does have the art of changing mere words into a story. Moreover, I just want to show my viewers what we mean to each other."

"Well, I'm sure you'll do an amazing job." Sam said before he kissed me on the lips.

"And maybe some day in the future, we'll be living in an apartment in Queens, just the two of us and Lexi and Leo."

"Lexi and Leo? You've already named our kids? Wow. You think fast."

"Kids? Lexi and Leo will be our Golden Retrievers." I said.

"I'm open to Labradors too." He said laughing.

And there it is, the happy ending you guys wanted. Sam and I finally sorted out our differences and have a happy ending.  Yes, it is a little uncertain, but I think our future will be exactly how we've planned it. At least, I hope so.
I'm a very optimistic person, you know!

Until next time,
Alisha.

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That's it. That's the ending.
One year later, I'm finally done with this book. Well, not yet. There will be an epilogue which I'll be posting soon.

I really hope you liked this book. I'm a rookie in the writing business and this is my first completed book.

To be honest, this was an unplanned book. I never planned it. I make fast decisions and never plan out things. Especially not this kind of stuff. So, a part of me feels that I could've done much better. There are a lot of plot holes in this book. Hence, I'll be editing the entire book as soon as I post the Epilogue and finally complete the book.

I hope you'll continue showing love this book.

Bye...